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The Hollow Man

By Dan Simmons

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| Paperback | 9780553563504

Book Description

Jeremy Bremen has a secret. All his life he's been cursed with the ability to read minds. He knows the secret thoughts, fears, and desires of others as if they were his own. For years, his wife, Gail, has served as a shield between Jeremy and the burden of this terrible knowledge. But Gail is dyContinue

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starts in a dramatic, very effective way, then turns into some kind of third-rate mafia story, then into horror, then into nothing at all.
dan simmons, like in Hyperion, seems unable to keep the pace of the beginning and eventually (sooner in Hollow Man than in its predecessor) loses control o ... (continue)

starts in a dramatic, very effective way, then turns into some kind of third-rate mafia story, then into horror, then into nothing at all.
dan simmons, like in Hyperion, seems unable to keep the pace of the beginning and eventually (sooner in Hollow Man than in its predecessor) loses control of the story, the characters and the credibility of it all. which is tantamount to saying that this book is better left untouched.

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比起大多數的 Simmons 作品，本書的確是弱上一截，獲得的成就也沒那麼高。甚至在找網上評介時，還發現有讀者「恨透」了本書。不過真的從頭看到尾，這本書實際上也沒那麼爛，還是我那句老話：「Dan Simmons 筆下沒有難看的小說，只怕讀者撐不下去。」
數學教授 Jeremy Bremen 和愛妻 Gail 簡直是天生一對。兩人個性、嗜好互補，相處融恰，甚至還都擁有讀心能力，無時無刻均分享生命中的一切。不過在 Gail 去世之 ... (continue)

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比起大多數的 Simmons 作品，本書的確是弱上一截，獲得的成就也沒那麼高。甚至在找網上評介時，還發現有讀者「恨透」了本書。不過真的從頭看到尾，這本書實際上也沒那麼爛，還是我那句老話：「Dan Simmons 筆下沒有難看的小說，只怕讀者撐不下去。」
數學教授 Jeremy Bremen 和愛妻 Gail 簡直是天生一對。兩人個性、嗜好互補，相處融恰，甚至還都擁有讀心能力，無時無刻均分享生命中的一切。不過在 Gail 去世之後，好日子再也不復見。Bremen 把房子燒了，開始自我放逐的生活。於是故事話分兩頭，以 T. S. Eliot 名詩 "The Hollow Men" 重組詩句為標題的章節描寫 Bremen 浪跡天涯的經歷。不知為何，他總是體察到周遭人等的不幸事物，甚而連自身都牽連在內。好幾次遭遇過程的刺激程度，特別是如何從女殺人魔手中死裡逃生那一段，完全不亞於純粹的驚悚小說。另一半以 "Eyes" 為題名的章節則回顧 Bremen 和 Gail 從相識、相戀到攜手共度的過程，其間探索讀心，乃至於其他特異功能背後所代表的物理現象。裡頭列出的數學式和物理概念超過我的理解範圍 =.=||。不過沒差，因為 Gail 也不懂，因此可以認定 Simmons 刻意要讓讀者從 Gail 的角度（她同時也是科幻迷！）來看待這些理論。
最後 Bremen 輾轉來到 St. Louis，在一名多重身心障礙的孩童 Robby 腦中獲得與 Gail 重逢的機會與心靈的救贖，同時也印證之前與同事所推導出來的理論。我比較有意見的地方在於 Robby 初登場太早，和後來詳述他悲慘命運的章節隔太遠，導致故事結構變得比較破碎。除此之外，整部小說雖然不像 Simmons 其他大作一樣令人驚豔，但就各方面的表現來看，仍然稱得上「不錯」二字。

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